The Republican journal., 1887-08-25
Maine Matters.
NEWS A>n GOSSIP FROM ALL OWES, THE STATE.
EIi Mon OF 1IiE SIXTEENTH MAINE HEGI-
MTNr AND FIFTH BATTERY.

EEiNhN OF 1uE SIXTEENTH MAINE EEGI
MENr AND FIFTH BATTERY.
The twenty fifth annual mcetn. of the Six
iccntli Maine Regiment aml Fifth Maine Iiat
terry was hclti III Gardiner "Wednesday Aus.
lrih. There was m niiu>.ialy large attend
:t'l'I'. Hnd ;'u occasion lIutrI most ENJOYABLE
Among til, distinguished Visitors present were
Coy. Eu,!n"il. cN-t;uv. Chamberlain. Gen
Haccl'ct, tol. \. y. Farnham. Ma, or tIillur,
liclrrr aud others. The lwo organizations aY
ranged 10 ho, Il reunion together this year
!htr histories hcii-. clcsell united through TIN
war. Early trains brought veterans from al
parts OF HE State. The forenoon was Spen. i,
social intercourse an,i erecting. of comradc
and friends. At =. ~, ;ic Sixteenth Rcgi
mcnt Association met IT q. \. Il. Hall. Attc
The transaction of routine business the follow
ing officers were cIectcd for the ensuing
wear: President. Vi. &. Wad>worth. Gardner
tri-I Vice President, j. NJ. sherman of Lewis
ton: Second Vice l'r, sitlrnt. Lieut.. Frank Wig
gin OF Bal"-or; Secretary and Treasurer. l.
Bradford ui Noodford'> Corner; Directors
Mn. :. tliilord Relrhcr Of FHrn.iii@ton. Chair
man, jaime. r. Malonry OF Bangor. Sergt
George II. Fisher Of West Wintcrpor. Jane.
J.. stroW If iiil,!"for,l. and Lieut. W. +. Now
cI OF ',Tt,H. Col. TiIicn reported arrangement.
Tor Il Getty y>bur@ monument. aud submitted {;
design. II was voted 10 approve the location
apt "Aolt h" 'tc>ign. The monument will b,
'tiH"ri on The extreme right of The First Corps
posi- ION on The Mumma>hrrg road. fhe neNl
r:union viii hc bcid nj Lewiston the >ccon,
Wednesday in August, 1883.
il III" hu,inrs- meeting of the Fifth Maiut
Battery The following We're elected officers fol
the coming year: President, &. I. Stevens OF
Oakland; Vice President. VIM. II. Mason OF
.tH@li>H: Secretary and Treasurer, L. H.
A.eHcaiy OF Lewiston. 1t was voted that the
iu.N: reunion be htl,i at Oakland the second
Thursday "t August. lSS>.
In lhv rt"niilg Grand banquet was served
at the Coliseum. after which addresses were
made by COY. BodwcIl. Gen. chamberlain. Col.
Fnruhan aHd others.
Ihur>,i;N the visitors drove to Togi,S and
visited the National soldiers Home.
GRANITE SHAFTS 10 BE ERECTED At Gi:rrY>-
BtHU.
The design for the monnncnt Of the 9TH
Maine Battery 10 be erected at GETTYSBURG has
just been completed. The lower base of the
monument will hc OF white lIaiiowc!i granite.
feel and inches square. % inches in thick
ness and Il hcvcl or ''wa>h" OF eight iE,'ileS.
Upon this is to rest >rconl base of til" same
material, by feet, l6 inches in thickness.
with 4 ec>c of inches. Ipon this qt!adrail-
-;llar die Of red beach granite -iX feet in height
vii! rest: by 3 feet at the ha~,. and tapcrin"
three inches to the top. 1t will be sIrmonnted
at tt' ;lil:!drio bv Il bail OF polished iri black
granite. , feet, inches iii diameter anl weigh
ing oEcr Il ton The total height will be II feet
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tho Shaft will be cut the !.itl.c of the Old Oh
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Ihr charming poem. ''t"n' this way. Faith
. '' l''"t7'', ''' -'''-' N' "i'''''' ~ 81
Sh"" hr-;ih gentleman. none other ttlhl COZ. ~
W. NHt'eS; VINO Is known AL "'"r the STATE
ahh t'N"i,i' F"f twenty -htc years lhi> mas
l"'h i ri;r'h Noh@ lar anu Wldr. ne incident
,iia' called i"rth TINS poem occurred at Mouse
!NHlr' many years ago: l'ie colonel was stay
M th'|F "hh MS la'lliN' a:ii one AFTERNOON J.
parry g" MEM "'n' "lii l" Nai'. \ ilitic son "l
th,, N, ,'.t i"I.',i "a f,'. ,,, y,
surprise, :;,.I CONSERVATION of all. however.
tly had ,ii>i .oi well under WAY when all
yliI4i,>. oi the land were lost. In th. excite
mcnt thr skipper of The boat lost his hearings
and list where the island WIS Ii" did not know
i'lcy carh for hrip. and t!l,, little fellow left
oi. lII.. shore REPLIED. Il Vlnr this WAY fail
steer straight for me
They uhcNci il.t. voice uf their youthful
guide and reached Land ~afc, soon after the
liiIc fellow died. and the colonel wrote the
poem. Years after the poem h,A been written.
was at Muu-r Island and Colonel Wilc>
WAS also There. eauHtcr,,i oui one evening
and >oun drew iicar >cine c:,ln,crs-out. ~ |
ncArctl li"m heard one of them. Il gentleman
with n iinr bass voice. singing with much feel
enough for me ,nl entered the ten, and ask
81 him what Il; knew aoo..t that som"
w ell" he replied. II think know rs lnurh
a> ANY one" but >lionl! like to know who
wrote it,.
'IiicM ir ,uIl me that lis wife who had lust
IL,
>ong sung by him had been her chief solacc.
Thcn told him if he would come to the hotel
| woi,ld Introduce him TO the author. We met
at lie! hotel soon after. at,I h,. had the plrasurc
of meeting face to face the author of this beall-
tiful song. This gentleman was from Worccs-
ter and. strange 10 SAY. a relative to Colonel
'''"H' l@"'''eis't hePoltcf.
ENFORCEMENT or Law.
the Somerset (Skowhe"an) Reporter says:
The parties in this village of whom liquor have
been seized of late get oil by payment of 800
line and cost, under the search and seizure
proreSs. but if action is brought on prosecution
a> common sellers or by Indictment before the
grand Jury. and the eases 20 against the accll>-
ed there i no escape from imprisonment. If
the Reporter were TO give advice at this time it
the law. lnI none can plead ignorance. 1t may
be all pleasant to violate the prohibition law as
lony as the profits of the sales will more than
pay the fines. but when incarceration in so
poor Jail rs that at Norrilgewock is IL part of
the wages of this particular sin it is another
matter entirely.
1t j. unnecessary in this town and at this
time 10 argue against the rum traffic. II is set
tied bcvond controversy that it is Il ctlrSc-a
curse not only to the man who drinks, and all
connected with him. but in the end a deadly
curse 10 the man who engages in the rum traf-
iic. Thus dealers are not only enemies to 9TH
crs and enemies to the public. but are also their
own worst enemies Why they cannot see this
and abaml, il the damning traffic is one of the
>!ran"c>t of problems. They will not howcv-
cr. and. Alt hough reasonable in everything else
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NEAL DO" lfoR MEMORY